State Labor Department Releases June 2011 Area Unemployment Rates

Albany, NY (July 26, 2011) -

The State Labor Department today released local area unemployment rates for June 2011. All data in this release are not seasonally adjusted. The most valid comparisons with this type of data are year-to-year comparisons of the same month; for example, June 2010 versus June 2011.

The table below compares unemployment rates in the United States and New York State, as well as rates in the Upstate and Downstate regions, and metro areas in the state in June 2010 and June 2011.

Unemployment Rates, June 2010 and June 2011(not seasonally adjusted)

*Data are preliminary and subject to change.

June2011

June2010

United States

9.3%

9.6%

New York State

8.0%

8.4%

Downstate NY (10-co. area)

8.1%

8.6%

New York City

8.8%

9.4%

Suburban Counties

7.0%

7.1%

Nassau-Suffolk

7.1%

7.1%

Putnam-Rockland-Westchester

6.8%

7.0%

Upstate NY (52-co. area)

7.8%

8.0%

Metro Areas

7.6%

7.9%

Albany-Schenectady-Troy

7.2%

7.2%

Binghamton

8.1%

8.5%

Buffalo-Niagara Falls

7.7%

8.1%

Glens Falls

7.3%

7.1%

Ithaca

6.4%

6.6%

Kingston

8.2%

8.0%

Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown

7.9%

8.0%

Rochester

7.5%

7.9%

Syracuse

8.0%

8.4%

Utica-Rome

7.7%

7.5%

Non-metro Counties

8.5%

8.5%

Unemployment rate highlights in June 2011:

The counties in New York State with the lowest unemployment rates include:

Saratoga County (6.3%)

Hamilton County (6.4%)

Tompkins County (6.4%)

Genesee County (6.7%)

Rockland County (6.7%)

The counties in New York State with the highest unemployment rates include:

Bronx County (12.0%)

St. Lawrence County (10.7%)

Clinton County (9.9%)

Oswego County (9.9%)

Fulton County (9.6%)

Note: Labor force statistics, including the unemployment rate, for New York and every other state are based on statistical regression models specified by the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. These are the most up-to-date estimates of persons employed and unemployed by place of residence. Estimates are available for New York State, labor market regions, metropolitan areas, counties, and municipalities of at least 25,000.